The Flyboys (2008) Reviews & Ratings

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The Flyboys reviews

The Flyboys holds a 7.6/10 average from 185 TMDB ratings.

Based quite loosely on the activities of a famed group of young American pilots who joined the French cause during the Great War, this is a rather disappointing drama. James Franco takes the lead as the charming "Rawlings". He's a man who doesn't really think rules apply to him, but like the rest of his disparate gang, is a brave man who knows how to get his balsa-wood bi-plane up and dangerous. Back then, there was…
— CinemaSerf (6/10)

Two boys from a small town find their courage tested when they accidentally stow away aboard an airplane owned by the mob...

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